Biscuit-cutter.



APPLICATION FILEG NGV. 2.1915.

Wl TEJESSES l To all 'whom z't may concern:

UNTTED STATES PATENT ounrou.

WILLIAM HURLEY SCHERFFIUS, F tIUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNR 0F 0N E-HALF TO CHARLES GOBIW, OF MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA.

mecum-CUTTER.

Application iled November 2, 1915. SerialNo. 59,225.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM vented certain new and useful Improve-- l ments in Biscuit-Cutters, of'which the folotherwise secured thereto which serve as lowing is a specification. Y My invention relates to biscuit cutters, ind the main object thereof is to provide a itensil by means of which large numbers bf circular or otherwise shaped portions maybe quickly'cut from'a slab of dough, said utensil'being used in the manner of a rolling-pin. My invention is fully described in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings forma part, in which like characters refer to likeparts in each of the views, and in which Figure l is a perspective view of my invention, ready for use; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section therethrough; and Fig. 3 is a section taken. on the line 3I3 of Fig. 2.

My invention consists of a plurality of sheet metal cutters .4 of cup-shape arranged in sets, the cutters of each set being soldered or otherwise secured to each other to form a circle, substantially, and the different sets being successively soldered or otherwise secured together to obtain a desired length g to the utensil, and to obtain a maximum number of cutters fora given length.

The cutters are formed of sheet metal of' ribbon form whereby nthey are .open at their inner ends, and Iv employ no cylinder or other base for carrying the cutters, the cutters when secured together forming a unit through which is passed a rod 5 provided with handles 6 whereby the utensil may be rolled over the slab of doughto cut por tions therefrom in such manner as to secure' a maximum number of biscuits from a given area of the slabof dough. y

The ends of the unit formed by the connected cutters may have disks 7 solderedcor Specification of Letters Patent.

l H. SCHnnr-ql Tros, a citizen of the 4United States, and a- -two subscribing witnesses.A

Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

bearings for the rod 5, and the utensil when .assembled constitutes '-a simple, sanitary,

hlghly efficient, and relatively inexpensive article of manufacture.

I. do not limit myself to the particular; shape of the cutters shown, nor to the numl ber arranged circumferentially or longitudinally, nor to the material of which. the

utensil is made, my main object being to clean.

Having fully described my invention,.

what IV claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

provide as simple and eilicient a utensil as possible, and which is very easy to keep 1. A utensil of the class described, comtherethrough, each of said cutters having a circular outer'end and an inner 'end elongated along the aXis of said article whereby the ends are parallel and-the sides arein 70 wardly tapered, the contacting ends and -the contacting sides being soldered together on planes perpendicular to said rod.

2. A utensil of the class described, comprising a plurality of cutters soldered together to form a substantially cylindrical article, and a handled irod vpassed axially therethrough, each of said cutters having a circular outer end and an inner end elongated along the axis of said article whereby the ends are parallel and the sides are inwardly tapered, the contacting ends -and sides being solderedtogether, and a. disk soldered to each end of said cylindrical article havinglperforations for said rod and serving as; bearings therefor.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this Asplecificationin the presence of WILLIAM uURLEY selmnrrms.

Witnesses:V

MURIEL Weens,- T. O. ABERNATHY. 

